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Jeep Celebrates 75th Anniversary by Unveiling Road-Ready Concept Cars

Later this week Jeep celebrates two anniversaries: Their 75th, as well as the 50th anniversary of their annual Easter Jeep Safari. The latter is a nine-day event whereby Jeep enthusiasts converge on Moab, Utah, to put their vehicles to the test on some 40 different trails.

This event is where Jeep not only gains valuable feedback from real-world owners, but also shows off a variety of concept cars—real, working cars that will tackle the trails—to gauge interest. This year they’re rolling out no less than seven of these vehicles. The Trailcat, below, is the one that seems to be getting the most blog love—presumably because it has the Dodge Challenger’s monstrous 6.2-liter supercharged V8 under the hood:

Then there’s their Crew Chief 715, “a salute to legendary Jeep military service vehicles [that] showcases a burly design with heritage styling cues:”

We’re digging their retro FC 150—"built to tackle both challenging rocky trails and the harshness of a western cattle ranch"—where they’ve taken an actual FC 150 body from 1960 and grafted it onto Wrangler chassis:

A little more on the sedate side is their Comanche, which we have to include largely because of what they’re calling the paint color: “Beige Against the Machine.”

Those were our faves, and you can see the rest here.

The Easter Jeep Safari kicks off this Friday.

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